1 Picture Explaining The Anger Over Healthcare
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CPI: 208 percent
Medical Care Services: 505 percent
Hospital Services: 975 percent
Medical Care Commodities: 308 Percent
CPI: 41.28 percent
Medical Care Services: 77.98 percent
Hospital Services: 77.98 percent
Medical Care Commodities: 29.94 percent
The numbers look bad but they are much worse than they look because of the way the BLS calculates the CPI.
On all CPI calculations, the BLS only counts costs directly paid by consumers.
To the extent corporations and Medicare are obscuring more of the costs, the CPI numbers are understated.
